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Barry Richards

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Barry Anderson Richards

Born: 21 July 1945, Morningside, Durban, Natal
Major Teams: Natal, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, South Australia, Transvaal, South Africa.
Known As: Barry Richards
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


Test Debut: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 1st Test, 1969/70
Last Test:
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, 4th Test, 1969/70

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1969

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    4    7   0   508  140   72.57  59.48   2   2    3   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              12      3    26    1  26.00  1-12    0   0  72.0  2.16

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1964/65 - 1982/83)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  339  576  58 28358  356   54.74  80 152  367   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             2886   77  37.48  7-63    1   0

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1968 - 1982/83)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  230  226  17  8384  155*  40.11  16  49  106   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               254   170    6  28.33  2-8     0   0  42.3  4.01

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Barry Richards played just four Test matches, all against Australia, scoring 508 runs at an average of 72.57. The figures, though, tell only a small part of the story. By any estimation Richards was one of the great batsmen of the 20th Century. Nimble footwork and the gift of being able to pick the length enabled Richards to get into position early, and his batting was characterised by that hallmark of all exceptional ball players - time in which to express himself. South Africa's isolation, however, denied him the chance to parade his talents at the highest level and so he plied his trade at first-class level for Natal, Hampshire, South Australia and, for two years, World Series Cricket.

Richards scored over 28,000 runs (including 80 centuries) in a career that stretched from 1964 to 1983, and virtually every run carried the stamp of class. It can be argued that Richards came as close to technical perfection as is humanly possible. With the West Indian Gordon Greenidge he formed one of the game's finest opening pairs at Hampshire, but every team he played for got value from Richards in sheer weight of runs. His determination not to allow himself to be exploited financially, however, earned him a reputation as a difficult customer. Traditionalists were appalled when he accepted the first individual sponsorship of a South Africa player, earning a rand a run from a dairy company, but compared to the amounts now paid to players, Richards' direct earnings from the game were relatively insignificant.

He mellowed after retirement, becoming an astute and innovative chief executive at Queensland. Under Richards' stewardship the state won its first Sheffield Shield title, but it is as a quite wonderful batsman that he will be remembered. There were many memorable moments in his career - nine centuries before lunch, 325 in a day against a Western Australia attack that included Garth McKenzie and Dennis Lillee, more than 1,000 runs in a season 15 times. Above all these, however, stands a passage after lunch at Kingsmead in 1970 when he and Graeme Pollock tore Australia apart to add 100 in an hour. It was batsmanship the like of which has seldom been equalled. (Peter Robinson, Copyright CricInfo April 2001)

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